1998–99 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1998–99 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball

NCAA tournament, Sweet 16
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	17–11 (8–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Clem Haskins (13th season)
Home arena	Williams Arena
Seasons ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Michigan State†	15	–	1	.938	33	–	5	.868
No. 19 Indiana	9	–	7	.563	23	–	11	.676
No. 18 Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	22	–	10	.688
No. 21 Iowa	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
Purdue	7	–	9	.438	21	–	13	.618
Northwestern	6	–	10	.375	15	–	14	.517
Penn State	5	–	11	.313	13	–	14	.481
Illinois	3	–	13	.188	14	–	18	.438
No. 14 Ohio State**	1	–	1	.500	1	–	1	.500
Minnesota***	0	–	8	.000	0	–	11	.000
Michigan*	0	–	11	.000	0	–	19	.000

† 1999 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program Ohio State: 34 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program^[1] ** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8

The 1998–99 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by 13th-year head coach Clem Haskins, the Golden Gophers advanced to the NCAA tournament and finished with a 17–11 record (8–8 Big Ten).

Roster

1998–99 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	20	Quincy Lewis	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr	Little Rock, Arkansas
C	50	Joel Przybilla	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr

Head coach

Clem Haskins (Western Kentucky)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 21, 1998*		Appalachian State	W 81–67	1–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nov 24, 1998*		Seton Hall	W 77–70	2–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nov 28, 1998*		Winthrop	W 68–59	3–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nov 30, 1998*		Oregon	W 72–61	4–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 4, 1998*		at Fresno State	W 77–65	5–0	Selland Arena Fresno, California
Dec 12, 1998*	No. 24	Eastern Michigan	W 72–53	6–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 16, 1998*	No. 17	No. 4 Cincinnati	L 61–62 ^OT	6–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 19, 1998*	No. 17	at Nebraska	W 55–51	7–1	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Dec 22, 1998*	No. 17	Montana State	W 78–64	8–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 29, 1998*	No. 16	Sacramento State	W 98–57	9–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Big Ten regular season
Jan 6, 1999	No. 16	Northwestern	L 55–58	9–2 (0–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 9, 1999	No. 16	Penn State	W 75–60	10–2 (1–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 13, 1999	No. 19	at No. 14 Michigan State	L 55–71	10–3 (1–2)	Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, Michigan
Jan 16, 1999	No. 19	No. 12 Iowa	W 75–70	11–3 (2–2)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 27, 1999		at Northwestern	W 58–51	17–9 (8–8)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 4, 1999*		vs. Illinois Quarterfinals	L 64–67 ^OT	17–10	United Center Chicago, Illinois
NCAA Tournament
Mar 11, 1999*	(7 W)	vs. (10 W) Gonzaga First round	L 63–75^[3]	17–11	KeyArena Seattle, Washington
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

References

^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
^ "1998–99 Minnesota Golden Gophers Roster and Stats". Retrieved March 18, 2023.
^ "Gonzaga Defeats Depleted Minnesota". The Washington Post. March 11, 1999. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
^ "2019–20 Minnesota Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

v t e Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Venues	On-campus YMCA (1895–1896) UM Armory (1896–1925) Kenwood Armory (1925–1928) Williams Arena (1928–present)
Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Scandal
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics